Motivation of self-organizing teams in agile software development

Razvoj programske opreme je kreativen in umsko intenziven proces, ki ga je težko kvantitativno ovrednotiti in nadzorovati. Eden izmed pomembnih dejavnikov, ki vplivajo na proces razvoja programske opreme, je motivacija. Raziskave kažejo, da motivacija pomembno vpliva na različne vidike uspeha IT projektov, kot so doseganje projektnih rokov, produktivnost, skladnost s proračunom, nizka fluktuacija zaposlenih ter nizki izostanki od dela. V magistrskem delu obravnavamo vidik motivacije pri agilnem razvoju programske opreme. Empirična raziskava predstavlja osrednji del našega raziskovalnega dela. Na osnovi pregleda literature smo identificirali dejavnike motiviranja, katerih vpliv na motivacijo smo raziskali v empirični raziskavi. Izvedli smo anketo na 116-ih članih agilnih razvojnih timov v treh organizacijah, ki se ukvarjajo z razvojem programske opreme. Rezultate smo obdelali ter analizirali z orodji za statistično obdelavo podatkov. Na osnovi teoretičnih izhodišč in rezultatov empirične raziskave smo izdelali model motivacije pri agilnem razvoju programske opreme (MARPO). Model MARPO smo aplicirali na metodologijo Scrum ter pripravili priporočila za vzpostavitev in ohranjanje motivacije pri agilnem razvoju programske opreme.Software development is creative and mentally intensive process, which is hard to quantify and measure. Motivation is one of the important factors that have impact on the efficiency and quality of software development processes. Research shows that motivation has important impact on success factors of IT projects such as software quality, productivity and overall project success. Main research topic of the master thesis is motivation of agile teams in agile software development. Based on a literature review we have identified motivational factors in software development. These were the basis of our empirical study, which was conducted on 116 members of agile software development teams in 3 organizations. The results were processed and analysed using tools for statistical data processing. We have developed a model of motivation in agile software development (MARPO) based on findings from literature review and our empirical study. Finally, we have applied the model to Scrum methodology and provided recommendations, which can be used by Scrum practitioners in order to improve and maintain motivation in agile teams